re: #150 De Kolta Chair

I see your point, but must disagree. Churchill had many friends who told him he was a backward-thinking colonial dinosaur.

Which, come to think of it, is one of the things I like about Churchill, in that he had and kept friends who would say that to his face, unlike a lot of folks in his class.

I think that it is probable that working with the native levies during hostilities with the Boers colored his judgement thereafter. Longer explanation than I want to attempt via phone touchpad…

Great man, yes, racist, absolutely, like many others (Lindberg, etc.) of the time he also had feet of clay. :(